Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Donna McGettigan - PQ 7402-26
Deputy McGettigan asked about hiring requirements for graduate counsellors/psychotherapists. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: February 2026
Updated: February 2026
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Question from Deputy Donna McGettigan - PQ 7402-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether it will be a hiring requirement for the HSE that graduate counsellors/psychotherapists have completed non-mandatory personal therapy hours, which were previously mandatory but have been changed under CORU guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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